As in the earlier stages of other languages, determinatives were used; e.
These ideograms are styled “keys,” and later on it will be observed are identical with the determinatives of the Assyrian and Egyptian systems.
The use of ideographs as determinatives was evidently suggested by the Sumerian syllabary, but the language of the Sumerians was simple, requiring fewer signs to express sounds.
It is at least probable that there are also silent determinatives and not unlikely that there is also a pure phonetic or alphabetic element.
This practice had the advantage also of distinguishing determinatives from phonograms.
In 8 and 12 the well-known determinatives a and c are added.
In this case there are no determinativesand no numerals; and it is possible that the document may be a contract, or perhaps an official proclamation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "determinatives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
